I have more hope from curangel founder, other than curangel project he does alot of other stuff too. Like his content discovery algorithm work.
I believe hive is just a piece of code that will forever evolve and we r still too early. It's like using internet of very first few years compare to what more hive will be in future.
Someone will crack the code eventually, it's just a matter of time. Each day Hive get's better and better. If all these devs could work together we could have some outstanding platforms already. The competition is fierce in the space, which is also good.